So it easy to see how we are all very disappointed in the state of the game right now, there were some good things with Shadow Keep and the new Season but how it was implemented was horrible and a major step back. What happened here? What went wrong? This could literally be the greatest game ever but Bungie keeps getting in there own way and listening to the wrong people.
1) Most of us don't have 12 hrs a day to play, we can not all be streamers chasing that Twitch Gold (no bennifits, no 401K, good luck in retirement). I get there probably does need to be some grindy things for this 5-10% of the player base that seems to have no life outside Destiny but most of us don't have that kind of time so there needs to be a better balance, this season and Shadow Keep was out of balance on the grind.
2) Eververse, this is going to be your downfall, I get it is necessary and I have no issue buying something here and there, but prices were way out of line and there was so much stuff that it doesn't seem special anymore, how many exotic ships or ghosts dose one need really.
3) Actual fleshed out content, the world of Destiny seems so flat right now, I get there is lore attached to everything but who the blam wants to read all that, I want to live it, I want to play it, if that means the story slows down so you can make content that draws us in like a good book and keeps us wanting to play that next mission to see what happens and actually care about the characters, then so be it. Other than Cayde, may he rest in peace, I don't think there is one character in Destiny I care about at all, and that's sad really, as that means you have not done your job as story tellers.
4) The balance for pinnacle gear was horrible this go around, I get there may have been too much prior but this season for those of us who do not raid or are good at raids we had like two three things to do and some of those are impossible for us because we can not get our light up high enough to do them such as top tier Nightfall and Nightmare Hunts, I want a good challenge but I don't want to spend hours doing something with a bunch of bullet sponges just to fail anyways. It would have been nice if Pinnacle rewards could have dropped from say one level down each week on Legendary, which for me is hard and still takes a minute to complete but to get a pinnacle from that say once a week and from the next level up for those who are better seems to reward our time better and would appease those of us who are good but not great at the game and still challenge us and make it feel like I could still level up and want to play the game but right now to get 1-2 pinnacle pieces a week feels horrible and makes Iron Banner against 970 and up no fun at all.
5) For the love of god remove timers off things, this has got to be the dumbest mechanic in the game ever. Who cares if we beat a harder Nightfall in 20 min or less, let me play the darn game and just enjoy it and not have to speed run everything to get the best reward. The Zero Hour and Whisper missions are amazing and its very hard as is, it doesn't need a timer for the love of god, who cares if a lot more people get Outbreak Perfected or Whisper, its a video game that people want to have fun playing and trying new gear, to make it so hard to get just doesn't make sense. Im not saying make it super easy either, again the missions on there own with no timer are tough for a lot of people. Besides you will just end up nerfing gear anyways as metas change (which I do agree with by the way power creep is a real thing and I like when the meta changes).
6) For the love of god, upgrade economy, really? We all know what I'm talking about here, enough said.
Maybe we need another reboot at this point, start over and build up a good story base, you guys keep asking us for input but you do not listen, and I do get it you can not listen or appease everyone but who ever you are listening to right now is definitely the wrong the person. I have the best reboot story ever if you want to listen to someone who knows how to actually write good material.
Ok rant over. Please add your own things good and bad, not sure it will do much good but if you do not try you will always fail and all I ask is try to make it constructive, I get a lot of us are pissed off but if you can not post more than this sucks then it doesn't help, type it up, walk away, come back read what you wrote and make changes where you need to and make it mean something and be constructive.
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1 ReplyThey are listening, but not to us. They are building the game for the group you mentioned. And hoping that we all stick around.
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1 ReplyI would actually like some content regarding the traveller. Now it is awake why haven't we been sent inside to see what the hells going on? 2 years its been awake yet the vanguard are more bothered about putting vex ornaments in the tower. Also on this note a huge salute to ikora, 2 dozen times she ran the final assault that's 21 times more than I will be doing it, true dedication from the big voidlock. Worthless content.